I don't know quite how to put it, so I'll just say it :-)
In two weeks, come September I'll be working for Google as a Webmaster Trends Analyst, based in Zürich, Switzerland.
It's been a great couple of years here in the Google groups. It's been great to work with so many different sites, with so many different people and backgrounds. I've learned a lot from you all, especially those of you with "uncomfortable" opinions. I know that things are not always so easy for webmasters, especially those with smaller sites. I've seen how small changes can lead to disasters, I've seen how other changes have led to better sites than ever before.
I hope that together with Google we can take things to the next level!
> I don't know quite how to put it, so I'll just say it :-)
> In two weeks, come September I'll be working for Google as a Webmaster > Trends Analyst, based in Zürich, Switzerland.
> It's been a great couple of years here in the Google groups. It's been > great to work with so many different sites, with so many different > people and backgrounds. I've learned a lot from you all, especially > those of you with "uncomfortable" opinions. I know that things are not > always so easy for webmasters, especially those with smaller sites. > I've seen how small changes can lead to disasters, I've seen how other > changes have led to better sites than ever before.
> I hope that together with Google we can take things to the next level!
> I don't know quite how to put it, so I'll just say it :-)
> In two weeks, come September I'll be working for Google as a Webmaster > Trends Analyst, based in Zürich, Switzerland.
> It's been a great couple of years here in the Google groups. It's been > great to work with so many different sites, with so many different > people and backgrounds. I've learned a lot from you all, especially > those of you with "uncomfortable" opinions. I know that things are not > always so easy for webmasters, especially those with smaller sites. > I've seen how small changes can lead to disasters, I've seen how other > changes have led to better sites than ever before.
> I hope that together with Google we can take things to the next level!
> I don't know quite how to put it, so I'll just say it :-)
> In two weeks, come September I'll be working for Google as a Webmaster > Trends Analyst, based in Zürich, Switzerland.
> It's been a great couple of years here in the Google groups. It's been > great to work with so many different sites, with so many different > people and backgrounds. I've learned a lot from you all, especially > those of you with "uncomfortable" opinions. I know that things are not > always so easy for webmasters, especially those with smaller sites. > I've seen how small changes can lead to disasters, I've seen how other > changes have led to better sites than ever before.
> I hope that together with Google we can take things to the next level!
> Some people actually do get what they deserve! ;-)
> :-()
> I guess we won't be seeing as much of you around here anymore. :-(
> You're going to finally have to start working for a living. :-()
> On Aug 20, 9:09 am, JohnMu wrote:
> > Hi everyone
> > I don't know quite how to put it, so I'll just say it :-)
> > In two weeks, come September I'll be working for Google as a Webmaster > > Trends Analyst, based in Zürich, Switzerland.
> > It's been a great couple of years here in the Google groups. It's been > > great to work with so many different sites, with so many different > > people and backgrounds. I've learned a lot from you all, especially > > those of you with "uncomfortable" opinions. I know that things are not > > always so easy for webmasters, especially those with smaller sites. > > I've seen how small changes can lead to disasters, I've seen how other > > changes have led to better sites than ever before.
> > I hope that together with Google we can take things to the next level!
> So, what message can I bring along to Google, straight from you > webmasters?
Figure out ways to communicate de-indexing or other penalty reasons to webmasters so effected.
If the exact reason can't be listed specifically, figure out some way to point the webmaster in the right direction other than saying nothing more than, "You bwoke da rules now you can't play." :-()
On the other hand, find as many penalty inducing signals as possible that can be communicated in their entirety.
Spammers and Blackhats already know what they are doing wrong, they do it on purpose, so telling someone they have hidden text/links or links to a "bad neighborhood" isn't going to give a spammer any more information than they already have other than how long it takes Google to catch them, which they already figured out anyway.
Barring that, make sure that it can be said that lack of evidence, i.e. no message in the message center is evidence of lacking a penalty as that will at least alleviate probably 90% of the problems we see here regarding possible penalty threads.
Or, are we already seeing a lack of evidence equaling an evidence of lacking? ;-)
Also, give us a tool so that we can "see" a page the way Google sees it, i.e. parses it. Pretty please???
Between the two, you could easily eliminate 50% or more of all the time wasted guessing on those two subjects alone.
Other than those two things, place pass along my condolences.
I have a feeling that they are going to find they hired a "speed freak" who needs no chemicals, other than coffee, to get "wired". :-()
Congrats John & Google! I know you learn awesome fast so I'd expect Google can shorten the legal briefing etcetera and we'll see you here soon with a blue badge posting all the secret sauce :) All the best for both of you! Sebastian
> I don't know quite how to put it, so I'll just say it :-)
> In two weeks, come September I'll be working for Google as a Webmaster > Trends Analyst, based in Zürich, Switzerland.
> It's been a great couple of years here in the Google groups. It's been > great to work with so many different sites, with so many different > people and backgrounds. I've learned a lot from you all, especially > those of you with "uncomfortable" opinions. I know that things are not > always so easy for webmasters, especially those with smaller sites. > I've seen how small changes can lead to disasters, I've seen how other > changes have led to better sites than ever before.
> I hope that together with Google we can take things to the next level!
Just to add to Craig's wise suggestions, some other important points discussed in this group are coypright issues, fast removal on request of URLs and cached copies from the index, detailed guidelines for acceptable duplicate content, like for accessibility, or parallel versions for main web and mobile web, or for multilingual sites.
> Zillions and googlions of congratulations to you!
> Just to add to Craig's wise suggestions, > some other important points discussed in this group are > coypright issues, fast removal on request of > URLs and cached copies from the index, > detailed guidelines for acceptable duplicate content, > like for accessibility, or > parallel versions for main web and mobile web, > or for multilingual sites.
